2010 Wine Buying Guide & Books

My new 2010 Buying Guide for Everyone is out! In it I focus on the 1000 wines that matter: the best of the market's broadly available, affordable wines, the benchmark wines you can always count on, and the classics every wine lover will want to know about.

The 2010 edition is completely updated with more than 800 top wines with good availability in stores and restaurants.  I feature only wines that I have rated 80 points or better - Very Good, so you can focus on what to buy rather than what to avoid.  It also features my signature Kitchen Survivor grades (so you know how the wine holds up if you don't finish the bottle), hundreds of wine pairings, and sections on entertaining, choosing wine in restaurants, and my own Great Wine Made Simple mini-course to help you learn what wines styles you like.  Enjoy!

At last, a wine book that makes selecting and enjoying wine truly simple. Never again will you have to fear pricey bottles that don't deliver, snobby wine waiters, foreign terminology, or encyclopedic restaurant wine lists. You'll be able to buy or order wine with confidence—and get just the wine you want—by learning how the "Big Six" basic styles taste and how to read any wine label.

Andrea takes the mystery out of pairing food with wine and makes it easy to choose the best wines to accompany everything from barbecue to rack of lamb. Hundreds of wine and food pairing suggestions are highlighted by superb wine-friendly recipes.

What’s the best way to learn about wine? By tasting, of course! My new wine course DVD lets us learn together with 10 fun, interactive tasting lessons.

The Master Edition includes all material on the For Everyone edition plus an additional hour of Master Classes on dessert wine, Italy and Spain, signature Southern Hemisphere reds and Aromatic Whites.
 
Shot entirely on location in wine country with some famous special wine guests, I hope you’ll find this course is both fun to watch and helpful. Topics Include:

• Wine Basics - How to taste like a pro, and the 4 V's of Wine - Variety, Vineyard Region, Vintner, Vintage
• The "Big Six" Grapes - The main grapes that dominate the world of quality wine
  Understanding Wine Labels
• "Deep Dives" - Interactive tasting lessons on the major grapes, styles & regions.
• Storing, Opening and Ordering Wine in a Restaurant
• Setting Up a Home Wine Tasting
• Perfect Pairings - Great food pairings for the major grapes and wine styles
• Visiting Wine Country
• Master Classes on dessert wines, Italy and Spain, and more